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I've thrown together this simple class to check if a windows VPN connection is open and with it you can also connect and disconnect. It...

Having recently started playing with signalR , I got the following error: WebSocket connection to 'ws://localhost/../signalr/connect?t...

If you're looking for a way to set the value of many properties who's name starts with the same string, then look no further! Here...

I managed to create a script on a replicated database that when run on the live server errored - oops! I've had this before and it stops...

I have an enum declared and wanted to get all items in the enum that contained certain text. Well, this can be done using Linq and here...

Came across this little beauty for setting a default value on a C# 5.0 and below property so you can condense this: private int myInt = 3;...

I have a method which has two overloads where I can pass one of two object types. In some cases, these objects may be Nothing or null . Whe...

If you need to find out the event ID from a Google calendar event, then luckily Google puts the ID for us on the page! I found this posting...

Been having some major ball aches with SSRS (SQL Server Reporting Services) recently -specifically around trying to hide elements and filter...

I was recently trying to apply some security settings to a folder in Windows. When I clicked OK or Apply I had a Error Applying Security -...

I needed to trim some strings that if over a certain length would trim nicely and add "..." to the end. I particularly like to use...

I have to do a lot of interop work with Word & Excel and generally struggle matching up colour pallets across the two applications and t...

I had a situation where I had a SQL statement stored against a row in a database. Depending on the row would depend on what data was output....

Courtesy of  Nikhil Vartak , I found I new way to able to perform a postback using an ASP.NET Button control. By default the button control...

Had a funny with SQL Server Reporting Services where I had a column in a table being hidden based on an expression. That was all fine, the i...

If you need to be able to change values in your application's app.config file, then it is surprisingly easy :) In VB Dim config As ...

I ran recently ran an old bit of Excel VBA in Excel 2010 which automatically adds the Microsoft Scripting Runtime to the workbook for me. Ra...

I was following instructions to import an OpenVPN connection and got the following error: IMPORT_ERROR: Profile or its references could n...

I was recently having a problem with SQL Server Reporting Services 2005 edition trying to stop a table control from breaking over a page. Th...

If you need to send scheduled emails from GMail  or Goolge Apps, use Boomerang . It's mega easy and you are able to send 10 a month on t...